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B. 0. HICKS. WATERING TROUGH FOR STOCK CARS. No. 430,950. Patented June 24, 1890.

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BOHN CHAPIN HICKS, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE HICKS STOCK CAR COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLI- NOIS.

WATERING-TROUGH FOR STOCK-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,950, dated June 24, 1890.

Application filed November 12, 1889. Serial No. 329,983. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BOHN CHAPIN HIoKs, of Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Watering- Troughs for Stock-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the construction of watering-troughs such as are designed to be used in stock-cars; and it consists in a trough having grooved metal heads or ends, a sheet-metal body constituting the bottom and sides of the trough, the ends of which enter the grooves in the heads or ends, and tie-rods which connect the heads or ends and strengthen and support the sheet-metal body, the edges of the latter being bent or curled over certain of the tie-rods.

The improved trough is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is avertical cross-section of a portion of the frame-work of a stock-car, showing in vertical cross-section one of the improved troughs mounted therein, and showing the trough in position for use. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the trough tilted. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of a portion of the frame-work of a stock-car, showing one trough in position for use and a portion of another trough in a tilted position. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of one of the troughs on an enlarged scale. Fig. 5 is a side view of the same. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the same; and Fig. 7 is a cross-section similar to Fig. 4:, showing a modification in the means of hanging the trough to the car-frame.

The trough is composed, essentially, of two metal heads or ends B B a sheet-metal body portion B constituting the bottom and sides of the trough, and tie-rods E E E. Each metal head or end is conveniently made of cast-iron, and is formed on its inner face with a groove or channel b. Each head or end is of semicircular shape, having a straight upper edge. The body B of the trough is made of sheet metal, which is bent or curved into a semicylindrical shape, so as to constitute in a single piece of metal the bottom and sides of the trough. The end edges of the sheet-metal body E are inserted into the grooves or channels b of the heads B and seat against the bottoms thereof. The heads of the trough are joined together by means of longitudinal tierods E E. Two of these tie-rods connect the corresponding corners of the two heads B and over these two edge tie-rods the longitudinal edges of the sheet-metal body E are bent or rolled. In addition to these two edge tie-rods a third tie-rod. is also employed, which connects the lowest portion of the two heads and passes immediately beneath the sheet-metal body, so as to offer a support thereto. The tie-rods thus firmly and securely unite the heads together and hold the trough-body in position. Being arranged at the longitudinal edges and bottom of the trough-body, they do not obstruct its interior at all, but leave its entire interior space free for the animals carried in the car to drink from. At the same time the tie-rods strengthen and support the sheet-metal trough-body at its exposed longitudinal edges and at its bottom, where it is subjected to the greatest strain, thereby enabling much thinner metal to be used than would otherwise be the case.

A desirable material from which the sheetmetal trough-bodies may be conveniently made is corrugated metal, and this material is shown in the drawings. I am aware, however, that corrugated metal has hitherto been made in the construction of troughs, and I show it merely as a desirable and not as an essential material. When the corrugated metal is used for the trough-body, the grooves or channels I) are necessarily made of considerable width to accommodate them, and to insure the joints being water-tight gaskets or packingstrips d are placed in the bottom of the grooves or channels, against which the end edges of the trough-body seat.

I have also shown in the drawings means for mounting the troughs in a stock-car, such means, however, possessing no novelty and being shown for purposes of illustration only. A is a portion of the floor of a stock-car, A the lower portions of the stanohions or side posts thereof, and A the cross-slats or side frame thereof. The troughs are pivotally mounted between the side posts A by means of pivoting-bolts a, which may pass through the bottom and sides of the trough, the end edges of said body being inserted and retained in the grooves in said heads and the longitudinal edges of said body being bent or rolled over said tie-rods, whereby the trough-body is supported and maintained in position, sub- 'stantially as described.

2. Awatering-trough composed of twoheads,

each having a groove on its inner face, and a sheet-metal body constituting the sides and bottom of the trough, the end edges of said body being inserted and maintained in the grooves in said heads, in combination with three tie-rods connecting said heads, two of said tie-rods being located along the upper edges of the trough and the longitudinal edges of the sheet-metal trough-body being rolled or bent thereover, and the third tie-rod being located immediately beneath said sheet-metal body, whereby said sheet-metal body rests upon said tie-rod and is supported thereby, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BOI-IN CHAPIN HICKS. Witnesses;

O. N. WOODWARD, H. S. WEBsTER. 

